Belt clasp or buckle.



No; 896,392. PATENTED AUG. 18,1908.

- G. J. KELLEY.

BELT CLASP 0R BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11, 1908.

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GEORGE J. KELLEY, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

BELT CLASP OR BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 11, 1908.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Serial No. 415,275.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. KELLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt Clasps or Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to clasps or buckles adapted for use upon belts and has for its objects the ends commonly sought in such devices; also a fastening device which shall be readily and automatically adjustable; and a device which avoids the necessity of permanently uniting both members of the buckle to the belt; and which shall have a minimum of parts.

To the above ends essentially my invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter setforth, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein, 4

Figures 1 and 2 are top and bottom plan views respectively of my novel device. Fig. 3, a section on line at a: of Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5, front and end elevations respectively of the toothed member, and Fig. 5, a side ele- Fig. 6 is a side view of the buckle.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views.

My buckle consists of a sheet metal frame, 1, having sides, 2, and ends, 3, and the usual integral imitation tongue, 4, upon the upper face of the end, 3, extending a distance over the opening, 5, formed by the sides of the frame. The particular form of the frame orplate, 1, or the presence of the tongue, 4, is not essential to my invention. Soldered to or integral with the lower face of the sides, 2, of the frame are vertical ears, 6, whose forward portions extend a greater distance upwardly than the rear portions forming vertical lugs, 7, provided with apertures, 8. A flat transverse bar, 10, is integral with the tops of the ears, 6, at their lower portion. Loose in the apertures, 8, are the reduced ends or pivotal portions, 11, of a narrow transversely disposed plate, 12, which has a,

flat body portion, 13, with integral teeth or serrations, 14, upon its forward margin disposed at an obtuse angle to the portion, 13. Integral with the middle portion of the body, 13, is a hook, 15, extending forwardly a short distance, then rearwardly and upwardly, forming an inclined free end portion, 16. I

In conjunction with the described buckle is preferably used the usual attachable and detachable member consisting of a plate provided with the transverse hook aperture, 18, and belt attaching aperture, 19. Through the latter is looped one end of the belt strip, 21, whose opposite, or free end, 22, passes beneath the rod, 10, and plate, 13, whose teeth, 14, after the free end of the belt has been drawn with sufficient tightness about the body, automatically or naturally engage the fabric of the belt and prevent any slipping thereof. In Fig. 3, the parts are in engaged position as above described, wherein it will be observed that by virtue of the tension upon the inclined portion, 16, of the hook, 15, the plate, 13, is tilted, and the teeth, 14, are pressed into contact with the belt fabric.

What I claim is,

1. In a device of the character set forth, the combination with a frame, of a transverse bar upon the frame, a plate pivotally mounted. in the frame adjacent the bar, downwardly-directed teeth upon the plate, and a hook upon the plate extended in a plane parallel with the toothed portion, said hook and teeth both being on the same side of the pivot.

2. Ina device of the character described comprising two engageable and disengageable members, one member consisting of a frame, a transverse bar upon the frame, a plate pivotally mounted upon the frame adjacent the bar and parallel therewith, downwardly inclined teeth upon the plate, and an upturned hook upon the forward margin of the plate upon the same side of the pivot of the plate as said teeth and provided with an inclined free end extended substantially parallel with the toothed portion, and the second member consisting of a fastening plate adapted to engage the inclined portion of the In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. KELLEY. 

